Volleyball

Rules:

Tournament will be governed by Federation Internationale de Volleyball rules), except as modified herein.

National teams are comprised of a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 15 players at least one of whom must be a woman. Teams may choose to use a libero to replace a player in the back row. The libero is required to wear a different color shirt. Up to nine substitutions are allowed per game, but none after a team has scored 20 points. A woman must be on court at all times during the match. Juniors 15-17 are permitted.

The net height will be 2.35 meters. Participation in the volleyball competition does not count as one of the maximum five events each competitor may enter.

Format:

The first round will be played as a “round-robin” where each team in a group plays against each other team in the group. The top team(s) in each group will then progress to the knock-out stages, which will use standard seeding procedures. The first round will be games of two sets to 25; rally scoring, win by 2 or first team to 27. Ties between teams are broken by considering the scores of the sets. The team with the best ratio of points scored divided by points lost is the winner. The bracketed playoff round will be the best two of three games, games to 25 points, rally scoring, win by 2 or first team to 27. Third games, if needed, to 15 points.